Product Manager - Mobile VAS

Product Manager (Sr. Managerial role) - Bangalore

This is Ranjitha from Wenger & Watson Inc., an executive search firm..

This is in regards with an opportunity with one of our E-commerce client based at Bangalore..

Looking for candidates with relevant experience in "Product Management" preferably from domains like Ecommerce / Online Payments / Mobile / Internet background specific.

What we are looking at ..??

We are looking for a smart, experienced, entrepreneurial Product Manager to own and lead the gift-wrap business, a strategic component of Company's vision to be the preferred gifting destination. This is a highly visible position that will interact and influence at all levels of the Organization's business worldwide.

Strategic Objectives

- Identify new business opportunities and markets across eCommerce Platform Services teams.

- Develop business model and offering strategy to maximize platform adoption in the markets within which we compete.

- Collaborate with product management to develop the product offerings for these opportunities

- Collaborate with the sales team to develop a go-to-market strategy and sales operational plan

- Collaborate with corporate (business) development to identify and execute strategic M&A opportunities where appropriate

The ideal candidate will be clearly passionate about the large opportunity that Organisation’s platform presents. This leader is results oriented, and has thrived and succeeded in delivering broadly adopted technology products/services in a very high growth environment where priorities shift fast. He or she is a strong leader who is analytical and data driven can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly, and who understands how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong, talented, opinionated team. The role requires innovative thinking balanced with a strong customer and quality focus. This leader will have a strong track record of achieving that balance.

This leader will lead the organization through change, evolution, and sustained growth. The right leader will evolve and scale the organization along with the business. They will lead by example, being just as passionate about operational performance and predictability as they are about all other aspects of the customer experience. With the business growing this rapidly, this leader will not have the luxury of having a tunnel-vision for any one area; rather, this individual will need to exhibit excellent judgment on how to prioritize between competing priorities.

Basic Qualifications:

From a business perspective, this leader will:

- Have a strong track record of shaping business strategy for technical products or services possess a strong understanding of the industry

- Be conversant with internet technologies

- Have an entrepreneurial spirit

- Have excellent collaborative skills as a leader

Professional traits that is not unique to this position, but a necessary for Organisation’s leaders:

- Exhibits excellent judgment

- Hires and develops great people.

- Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)

- Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business

- Expects and requires innovation of her/his team

- Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others

- Strong results orientation

- Thinks big

Preferred Qualifications:

- Graduates / Post Graduates from Premier B-School only

- Work effectively across functional teams

- Be customer focused and result oriented

- Experience in the eCommerce domain is desirable

- Have demonstrated the ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment